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2023 Volleyball Roster

Annie Sullivan
Annie Sullivan hits versus Colorado
Annie Sullivan vs. Baylor
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Annie Sullivan

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
  • Hometown:
    Richardson, Texas
  • High School:
    JJ Pearce
  • Major:
    Communication Studies
  • Prev School:
    High Point
Awards & Honors:
  • Mountain West Academic All-Conference (2021,2022, and 2023)
  • Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2021,2022)
  • Mountain West All-Conference Honorable Mention (2021)
  • Mountain West Newcomer of the Year (2021)
  • CSC Academic All District 2023
  • 2024 CSU Walk of Champions Class 
  • Finished 5th in career kills per set at CSU with 2.7
Colorado State
2023 (Graduate): Played in all 31 matches, making 12 starts and appearing in 127 sets... Played both as an outside hitter and as an opposite... Recorded 344 kills at a .238 efficiency... Recorded 42 total blocks including 6 block solos... Totaled 368.0 points on the season, which ranks third on the team... Had a season high 21 kills in a match and recorded 6 total blocks in another match… Contributed to the team leading the conference in hitting percentage... Finished second on the team in kills.... Surpassed the 1400 career kill mark

2022 (Senior): Played in all 30 matches, making nine starts and appearing in 113 sets... Played both as an outside hitter and as an opposite... Recorded 275 kills at a .267 efficiency...  Recorded 63 total blocks including 10 block solos and 48 digs defensively... Totaled 311.5 points on the season, which ranks third on the team... Had a season high 17 kills versus San Diego State Nov. 23 and recorded six total blocks in a season opening win over North Carolina Aug. 26... surpassed 1,000 career kills against San Jose State on 11/4/2022... Finished second on the team in kills.

2021 (Junior) [Match-by-Match]: Played in all 30 matches, making five starts and appeared in 112 sets... Was second on the team with 296 kills for a 2.64 kill/set average... Reached double-figure kills in 16 matches, including a season-high 17 kills at Wyoming on Nov. 9... Finished hitting .221 on the season with a high of .406 with 16-3-32 against Colorado on Sept. 18... Added 50 total blocks - second on the team - including a team-best 12 solo blocks.

High Point
Awards and Honors:
  • Big South First Team All-Conference (2021 Spring)
  • Big South Player of the Week (April 6, 2021)
  • Big South Player of the Week (March, 23, 2021)
  • Big South Preseason Team (2021 Spring)
  • Big South All-Freshman Team (2019)
  • Big South Honorable Mention All-Conference (2019)
  • Big South Freshman of the Week (Sept. 23, 2019)
  • Big South Player of the Week (Sept. 16, 2019)
  • Wildcat Classic All-Tournament Team (Sept. 19, 2019)
  • Amerites Players Challenge All-Tournament Team (Sept. 14, 2019)
2020 (Sophomore): Played 62 sets across 18 matches... Led the team in kills with 195 and points with 209.0... Recorded a career high 19 kills in a win over Charleston Southern (March 19)... Had a career high 44 attacks also against Charleston Southern (March 19)… Named to Big South First Team All-Conference... Millis Scholar Athlete... helped lead High Point to the second round in the NCAA Volleyball tournament... Led the team with 17 kills in the opening match of the tournament in the 5 set win against Central Florida.

2019 (Freshman): Big South All-Freshman Team and Honorable Mention All-Conference... Played in 92 sets across 26 matches as a freshman, missing several matches due to injury... Led the team in kills with 293 on the season, averaging 3.18 kills per set with a .240 hitting percentage... Had 43 digs on the season... Recorded 20 kills while also getting a career-high five blocks in the first weekend of college action against Villanova (Aug. 31)... Had career-high 22 kills against Liberty (Dec. 8) in the final match of the season, the most of any Panther in a match during the season... Millis Scholar Athlete. 

High School: Played four years of varsity volleyball under head coach Jennifer Nance at JJ Pearce High School where she tallied 1,542 kills… Named 6A District 8 Most Valuable Player and RISD All-City Most Valuable Player in her senior season... Collected 6A District 9 Offensive Player of the Year and RISD All-City MVP during her junior season… Named to the 6A District 9 and RISD All-City First teams in 2016… Named 6A District 10 Second team and RISD All-City First Team… Earned 2017-18 Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) All-Star Team and Texas Association of Volleyball Coaches (TAVC) 6A All-State… Competed with the Skyline Juniors Volleyball Club for four seasons… Named Skyline volleyball MVP in 2019... Led Skyline to triple qualify in open and placed 5th at the Girls Junior National Championships... Named to the Girls Junior National Championships All Tournament team in 2019.
 
Personal: 
Born Aug. 30, 2000 in Plano, Texas… Grew up in Richardson, Texas… Parents are Hop and Holly Sullivan… Has a brother, Luke, and sister, Shelby… Sister, Shelby, played volleyball at Texas A&M before playing professionally in Switzerland and Philippines… Favorite athletes are Luka Doncic and Dirk Nowitzki ... Majoring in communications
 
Sullivan on CSU: “I chose Colorado State because everything about it was amazing. The campus was beautiful, the people were so nice and the coaches really cared about the program. On top of that, CSU competes in a great conference and is such an elite program.”
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